We heard about Simon Cabaret many times in route to and around Phuket. It was apparently THE show in town to see. It had a pretty heavy reputation to uphold and it held to every bit of it and more. The show was stunning, absolutely spectacular.
So why a Cabaret? That was our question too. The only thing we knew of a cabaret was the musical by the same name which mostly included scantily clad women singing risqué numbers in dark smokey rooms. But the Simon Cabaret was certainly not that, in fact it is a family oriented Las Vegas style show. While certain numbers may show a little extra skin, most numbers are full of dazzling costumes, fantastic sets and breathtaking pageantry, along with great music and comedy.
We were lucky enough to get third row seats and there wasn't an empty chair in the place. There are two and sometimes three nightly shows. Since they opened in 1991, there have only been two nights without a show, the day the queen died and the day the tsunami hit in 2004.
Why blog about the Simon Cabaret? I guess it was just for our sake since we couldn't stop talking about it after it was over. We were trying to summarize the show in a word or two and we gave up. It can't be done. It's like viewing an amazing outdoor nature scene of breathtaking beauty and then trying to capture the same feeling in word or picture.
A slide show of some of the numbers can be seen on their website at:
http://www.phuket-simoncabaret.com/show_list.php.
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